Nearly a decade since a shoulder injury forced him to relinquish the WWE Universal Championship just 24 hours after winning the title, Bálor will go up against Punk – the current World Heavyweight Champion – at Saturday's Elimination Chamber event in Punk’s hometown of Chicago.
Continuing, he explained: "But I feel like this is the moment where I can finally right that wrong, rewrite my narrative and change everyone else's perspective of my career, because people seem to perceive it as a failure, that I never recovered from that injury, where in fact I look at it as a success story, where I was this kid from a small town in Ireland with no wrestling industry, no wrestling schools, barely any wrestling on the TV, with a goal of having one match – and 16 years later, on my first night on Raw, I beat Roman Reigns. On my first Pay-per-view, I pinned Seth Rollins.
"So for me, that's a success story, not this great tragedy that everyone wants to talk about."
The match in Belfast was also made extra special by the surprise return of Bálor's old theme music, the popular Catch Your Breath – last heard on a regular basis in 2022. Dropping the theme was originally an attempt to "reinvigorate [his] character" and go "a little darker" as he switched to a "more heel-ish" persona, he explained. "I personally love the alternative to Catch Your Breath – but there's just something about that song that is just so catchy, and people can interact with it so well. It's got such energy. I feel like it was the right time [to bring it back]."
The old theme was only supposed to return for the Belfast match as a one-off, but the response from the crowd was so positive that Bálor now expects it to stick around. "Embarrassingly enough, the reaction of the crowd was so loud that I actually couldn't hear the music cue and I missed the first light pop," he laughed. "I was like, 'It feels like it should be now, but I can't hear it...' and then it was too late! But I think that kind of added to the magic."
View oEmbed on the source websiteThough he seemed to suggest that we wouldn't see the character at Elimination Chamber, Bálor is open to the idea of revisiting The Demon in future. "I think it can be used effectively, but only occasionally, and it's something that requires a lot more from me than just showing up for a match, being prepared...
"It's something that I like to do, something that I certainly want to do again. But like with the music, timing is everything, and the timing has to be right. I'm sure we'll get there in the future, but right now, my focus is on the World Heavyweight Championship and CM Punk, and that feels like this is something Finn has to do."
Bálor's push for a singles title has also raised questions as to his future involvement with the Judgement Day stable – though he's been a loyal member of the group since 2022, recent events have seen a schism amongst the team, with CM Punk advising Bálor to "ditch the Judgement Day" and separate himself from "garbage" Dominik Mysterio.
"You know, obviously it's been a rough couple of months. We've kind of been at each other's throats, tensions are high, but this is business, right? This is WWE – and we're all professionals, we're all striving to be the best. People are gonna clash, but I love Dominik, I love JD [McDonagh], I love the girls. We're a unit. We're a family. And hopefully I can get this one over the line in Chicago… then smooth-sailing into WrestleMania."
The Men’s Elimination Chamber Match features Randy Orton, LA Knight, Cody Rhodes, Je’Von Evans and Trick Williams – all winners of recent Triple Threat qualifiers – with one final entrant still to be confirmed.
Elsewhere, Becky Lynch will defend the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against AJ Lee, who returned after more than a decade away and reignited a bitter rivalry with Lynch.
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